Reservoir · Andhra Pradesh · India · AP-WRIMS
Upper Pennar
0.1% of live capacity
Gross capacity
1.8 TMC (51 MCM)
Live capacity
1.6 TMC (44 MCM)
Basin
Pennar
Operator
AP Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
14.337°N, 77.354°E
Last updated
2026-10-27
Capacity in TMC
Upper Pennar Dam has a gross capacity of 1.8 TMC (51 MCM), of which 1.6 TMC (44 MCM) is live storage.
- Gross capacity
- 1.8 TMC (51 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 1.6 TMC (44 MCM)
- Current storage
- 0.00 TMC (0 MCM)
TMC is thousand million cubic feet, the unit used in Indian water reporting. 1 TMC = 28.3168 million cubic metres (MCM). Figures are converted from AP-WRIMS, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
0.1%vs 22 Oct 2026
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
N/ATrend
→stable
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Upper Pennar had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.65). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: AP-WRIMS.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 14.337°N, 77.354°E · Open in Google Maps
About Upper Pennar
As of October 27, 2026, Upper Pennar is at 0.1% of useful capacity, holding 0.00 TMC (0 MCM) of 1.6 TMC (44 MCM). Of the gross 1.8 TMC (51 MCM), that is 0.0%. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Since October 22, 2026 the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp).
Across the readings we hold for Upper Pennar — 13 data points between July 2, 2026 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 2.8% (July 15, 2026).
It is operated by AP Water Resources Dept. It lies within the Pennar basin at 14.337°N, 77.354°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 0.1% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 0.00 TMC (0 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 1.8 TMC (51 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 1.6 TMC (44 MCM)
- Change since October 22, 2026
- No change
- River basin
- Pennar
- Operator
- AP Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 14.337°N, 77.354°E
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 0.1% | 0 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 0.1% | 0 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 0.1% | 0 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 0.1% | 0 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 0.1% | 0 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 0.1% | 0 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 0.6% | 0 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 1.7% | 1 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 2.8% | 1 |
| 29 Jul 2026 | 2.8% | 1 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 2.8% | 1 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 2.8% | 1 |